PREVENT DAYLIGHTING
Finding water management solutions for continual groundwater treatment
The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) was a rocket engine development and testing site for nearly 60 years, building rockets that sent astronauts to the Moon. The industrial chemicals used during rocket engine testing, namely tetrachloroethylene (TCE), contaminated the groundwater and settled into the fractures and pores of the sandstone bedrock. The Boeing Company, as the current owner of the property, is committed to managing the groundwater and contaminant plums at the 2,850 acre site. Mitigation of groundwater contamination is expected to continue for decades.